The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare
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The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare
About this book
An interdisciplinary overview of theory, history, and leading research in the field
With a joint linguistic and medical perspective, The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare explores innovative approaches for improving clinical education, clinician-patient communication, assessment, and mass communication. Contributions by a diverse panel of experts address a wide range of key topics, including language concordance in clinical care, medical interpreting, the role of language as a social determinant of health, reaching linguistically diverse audiences during public health crises, assessing clinician language skills, and more.
Organized into five parts, the Handbook covers the theory, history, and context of linguistics, language interpretation and translation, language concordance, medical language education pedagogy, and mass communication of health information with linguistically diverse populations. Throughout the text, detailed chapters present solutions and strategies with the potential to improve the health and healthcare of linguistically diverse populations worldwide.
In an increasingly multilingual, global society, language has become a critical area of interest for advancing public health and healthcare. The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare:
- Helps professionals integrate language-appropriate communication in healthcare settings
- Addresses clinician-patient communication, assessment, research, and mass public health communication
- Offers key theoretical insights that inform the intersection of language, public health, and healthcare
- Highlights how various approaches in the field of linguistics have enriched public health and healthcare practices
The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare is essential reading for undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional students of applied linguistics, health communication, and medicine. It is also an invaluable reference for language educators, clinicians, medical educators, linguists, health policy experts, and researchers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Editor Biographies
- Contributor Biographies
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Theory, History, and Context: Language in Public Health and Healthcare
- Part II Language Interpretation and Translation in Public Health and Healthcare
- Part III Language Concordance in Public Health and Healthcare
- Part IV Pedagogy of Medical Language Education
- Part V Mass Communication and Health: Theory, Research, and Application with and for Linguistically Diverse Populations
- Glossary
- Index
- EULA